NYPD Blue

New York City police officers deal with their professional and personal lives.

NYPD Blue

Parental Guide

Rich police drama with strong characters. No kids.

Consumerism

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Parents need to know that this outstanding police drama is for mature teens and adults only. With its occasional nudity (both male and female) and frequent crude language, the series' daring approach to network television made headlines when it debuted in the early '90s. Physical violence, including police brutality, is common, and viewers often see realistic crime scenes that include blood. Some episodes deal with bigotry, alcoholism, domestic violence, and other mature themes. All in all, it's tamer than just about everything running on pay cable these days, but it's still plenty edgy and definitely not for kids (even in edited-for-syndication versions).

Season 12 Episode 20:

Moving Day

Season 12 Episode 19:

Bale to the Chief

The squad's temporary boss cares more about golf than solving crimes; Ortiz and Murphy suspect a man of stabbing his young Muslim bride to death; Bale recommends Sipowicz as new squad commander for the precinct.

Season 12 Episode 15:

La Bomba

Season 12 Episode 14:

Stratis Fear

Detectives Sipowicz and Clark probe the murder of a successful restaurateur who had a predilection for young girls; Ortiz learns that the Joint Narcotics Task Force is investigating her cousin's boyfriend.

I Love My Wives, But Oh You Kid

Season 12 Episode 11:

Bale Out

Sipowicz finds Bale's credit card in a crime suspect's home; a respected attorney is shot in his car; Ortiz and Murphy investigate a drive-by shooting at a basketball court; Clark and Munson attend a party honoring a lecherous judge.

Season 12 Episode 10:

The Dead Donald

The brother of a mentally impaired man is found dead; a con man rents the same apartment to multiple parties; Sipowicz and Clark clash with Bale when charges are filed against a nervous father who offers them a bribe.

Season 12 Episode 5:

You're Buggin' Me

Season 12 Episode 4:

Divorce, Detective Style

A man reports that his son is being held for ransom; Sipowicz and Clark have a disagreement; a young woman is found murdered in the closet of her apartment; Clark's past with one of the women involved threatens his testimony in a trial.

Season 11 Episode 8:

And the Wenner Is ...

Season 11 Episode 7:

It's to Die For

Sipowicz comes to believe a survivor has narrowly escaped the clutches of a serial killer; a young officer claims self-defense after shooting and killing a suspect; Diane Russell (Kim Delaney) has a biopsy.

Season 9 Episode 22:

Better Laid Than Never

Season 9 Episode 21:

Dead Meat in New Deli

Sipowicz and Clark question the integrity of a fellow detective while investigating the murder of a deli owner; McDowell and Ortiz stumble upon a sex-slave operation during the course of an investigation.